I care about coaching that supports, energises, reveals and transforms.

A safe and supportive coaching relationship influences what you can accomplish.

A good fit between how I am as a coach and how you like to be coached is essential.

Integrative and multi-facetted – I combine a range of frameworks and tools, a foundation of neuroscience, and my understanding of the stress-trauma-continuum to provide tailored support and help you achieve lasting outcomes.

Emergent & structured. Our exploration follows your life, not a fixed coaching process. We’re willing to embrace the messy middle that comes with change, liminal space and personal growth but won’t lose sight of your overarching intentions and goals.

Staying light and going deep. Humour and playfulness support emotional regulation and keep your nervous system in a balanced state. We can explore life’s challenges or trauma-related dynamics with a greater sense of safety.

Creative. When my own creative practice is alive, I’m more creative in my coaching. Therefore, I emphasize the value of cultivating your own creative and reflective practice as part of your coaching. You’ll receive creative invitations to support your work and reflections in-between sessions.

Trauma-informed. As a qualified trauma-safe therapist, I’m trained in holding coaching conversations that intersect with therapeutic work in a safe, gentle, and responsible way.

  • Purposefully

    My aspiration is to help people shape meaningful work where they can truly be themselves and follow their own heart, not someone else’s dreams.

    I support leaders who want to lead in an empathic, trauma-sensitive way without burning out.

    My style works well for anyone who is open to work with a blend of frameworks and curious to combine creative exploration with cognitive and structured inquiry.

    I enjoy the depth of working with individuals and love the rich process that unfolds in groups.

    I value evidence-based approaches and honour the human spirit, but I don’t dispatch spiritual band-aids.

  • Professionally

    I’m an arts-based and trauma-informed coach, working online with individuals and groups.

    Masters in Therapeutic Arts Practice, The MIECAT Institute, Melbourne, 2018

    Certified Practitioner in the Map of Meaning®, 2021; Co-leader and core trainer at Map of Meaning International.

    Master of Business Administration, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, 1998

    Ongoing training in coaching skills, Internal Family Systems, Polyvagal Theory, Acceptance-Commitment Therapy (ACT), Working with Trauma, Narrative Therapy.

    Professional Memberships: ANZACATA, EMCC, AC

  • Creatively

    Collage is my creative go-to technique. It’s quick, easy and always revealing. I use it in my Vision Cards to help me inquire into future possibilities.

    Art journaling is my creative spine. My journals and altered books provide a home for my love of collage and mixed media. They hold the complexity and messiness of life in a meaningful and compact way. They help me see emerging patterns and themes and let me tell my story with more than words.

    Found poems are one way I make sense of life, a mindful and reflective approach to bring order into my thoughts and feelings.

    My love for language shows up in my journals, my blog, my newsletter… maybe one day in a book?!

  • Personally

    I love reading, writing and finding quotes that inspire.

    I also love the stillness of early mornings, the colours of autumn, coffee for breakfast and sitting on swings.

    I moved to the country after realising how tired my body-mind was after years in open-plan offices and city traffic.

    A good day includes creative work, real conversation, a lot of laughter, time to read, learning something new and making something with my hands.

    My soul comes to rest on a mountain top, near a river or by the sea, in a forest or when quietly watching wildlife, in front of a fire, and when gathering with people I deeply connect with.

Of course, there's more to my story...

I started out as a creative, quiet, daydreaming child.

A comment on something I made in art class took the joy out of creating. It took me 20 years to rekindle my love for art making.

I climbed the corporate ladder, encountered toxic workplace dynamics and experienced the brain fog and emotional cost of burnout.

Ultimately, this led me to experiencing the liminal space of career transitions, needing to find my place in the world again.

With Sensemaking Space, I found the joy of integrating my business background with art therapy and bringing it into the world of coaching, meaning making and personal growth.

The qualities that infuse my approach and practice are:

  • using your creative potential

  • building awareness of trauma patterns

  • cultivating your reflective practice

  • learning to create meaning opportunities in your daily life.

These words by writer Annie Dillard are a daily inspiration:

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”

Every day, I aim to create a life I feel at home in. And I want the same for you.

Learning and professional development

Life-long learning is one of my core values and integrating what I learn into my practice is a deep source of inspiration.

The fields of trauma research, neuroscience and workplace wellbeing move fast, and regularly updating my knowledge is essential to support you in the best way I can.

Latest research & training that inform my work:

  • 34th Annual Trauma Conference with the Trauma Research Foundation in May 2023, hosted by Bessel van der Kolk

  • Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family Systems (IFS), Frank Anderson, 2022

  • Polyvagal Summit including a masterclass with Deb Dana on ‘Putting Polyvagal Theory into Practice’ – The Polyvagal Institute, 2021

  • Advanced Creativity Coaching Training, Eric Maisel, 2021

  • The Map of Meaning® – Certified Practitioner, 2021.

  • Leading in Times of Uncertainty - Coaches Rising Summit 2020

  • 31st Annual Trauma Conference with the Trauma Research Foundation in May 2020, hosted by Bessel van der Kolk

  • Bessel van der Kolk: Trauma, neuroscience and the evolving therapy of traumatized children and adults, 2019

  • Janina Fisher: Transforming trauma-related resistance and stuckness, 2019

  • Certificate in Existential Wellbeing Counselling from KU Leuven, Belgium

Coaching tailored for you.

I combine different frameworks and approaches into a personalised service that meets your needs and preferences:

  • The Map of Meaning® – understand the responsibility and possibilities of meaning as something you constantly create.

  • Polyvagal Theory – be in partnership with your nervous system to connect well with yourself and others

  • Mindfulness – stay in touch with what’s going on right now, no need to sit still.

  • Acceptance-Commitment Therapy (ACT) – make values-aligned choices

  • Internal Family Systems – welcome all aspects of yourself for their good intentions and strengths

  • Narrative Therapy – externalise experiences, emotions or struggles to gain a fresh perspective

  • Therapeutic Arts Practice - we integrate creative and reflective approaches based on your preferences and circumstances. No experience, specific materials or spaces required.

Professional Memberships

I’m a fully insured professional member of ANZACATA, the Australian, New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association, and work within their Standards of Professional Practice and Code of Ethics. This includes continuous professional development and clinical supervision.

Further memberships

  • European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) in Asia Pacific

  • Association for Coaching (AC).

  • Certified Practitioner in the Map of Meaning®

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